Tag fastener



. 'O-ct.- 27, 1936. s, WEISS l 2,058,647

TAG FA'STENER Filed Dec. 28, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 NVENTOR.' .Samuel Weiss,

17 A TTORNE Y.

S. WEISS TAG FASTENER Oct. 27, 1936.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IAFIII Filed Deo. 28, 1955 INVENTOR SAMUEL WEISS, BY

ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 27, 1936 PATENT OFFICE TAG FASTENER Samuel Weiss,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application December 28, 1935, Serial No. 56,460

Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in tag fasteners and it consists in the novel features which areV hereinafter described.

One of the objects of my invention is to pro- 6 vide a fabric tag with a perfected means for fastening the same to a garment or a piece of linen in a Way to prevent the disengagement of the garment from the fastener.

Another object of my invention is to prevent the disengagement of the tag from the fastener.

A' further object is to prevent the laceration of garments and of the hands of operators by the protrusion of sharp points from the fastener.

A still other object of my invention is to have 1:5 myimproved tag fastener adapted to be made by mass production methods.

Another object is to reduce the thickness of the metal ofY which the fastener is made for a required degree of stiffness of the fastener, and,

vice versa, to increase the stiffness of the fastener for a given thickness of the material of which the fastener is made.

A further object of my invention is to have said tag fastener simple, durable and inexpensive.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

i I attain these objects by the tag fastener, three forms of which are illustrated in the accompany-` ing drawings, or by any mechanical equivalent or obvious modification of the same.

In the drawings Figs. 1,2, 2a. and 3 show one form of my tag fastener; Figs. 4, 4a, 5 and 6 show another form of my tag fastener, and Figs. 7 and 7a'show athird form of my tag fastener.

Fig. 1 is a section on the line I-I of Fig.r3, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of my improved tag fastener on the line 2--2 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows, but showing the fastener partly closed and with a fragment of a fabric engaged thereby; and Fig. 2a is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the fastener closed.

Fig. 3 is a section essentially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, but showing the fastener in its original form with the two legs thereof substantially at right angles to each other.

Fig 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 6, looking in the direction of the arrows and Fig. 4a is a view similar to Fig. 4, but showing the 50 fastener closed; Fig. 5 is a section on the broken line 5-5- of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of either Fig. 4 or Fig. 5.

Fig. '7 is a central vertical section which is similar to Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 showing the fastener (o1. io-.25) Y Y partly open; and Fig. 7a is a. view similar to Fig.

throughout the several views:

II designates'the tag in all vthe three modiflca- 5- tions of my invention.

' The tag I I has therein an elongated opening I2 for passing therethrough one leg of the fastener, which is made of sheet metal and has the tag I I secured to one leg thereof on the side of the latter 10 which faces the other leg by an eyelet rivet I3; and the latter also serves to receive therein a locking tongue I4, which is'slitted from the other leg of the fastener, leaving therein an opening I6. The tongue I4 is passed through the opening I5 in the eyelet I3 when the fastener is secured to a garment, and the end of the tongue I4 is then bent over on to the outer surface of the first mentioned leg ofthe fastener.

The above described way of securing thetag to the fastener is safer than the older way of securing the tag to the side of one leg of the fastener which is remote from the other leg. Each leg of the fastener has thereon a corrugated edge whereby fasteners madey of light metal may be made stiffer than they would be otherwise and thereby increasing the strength of the fastener; lighter metal may thereby be used, if desired, in the manufacture of my improved fastener.

The above described features are common to all the three forms of my tag fastener which are hereinafterdescribed. i

In the form of my tag fastener, which is shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3,' 2| designates one leg of the fastener and 22 the other leg; the leg 2I has slitted therefrom a combined piercing and locking tongue 23, leaving in said leg 2| a slot 24; the tongue 23 is located near the outer end of the leg 2| and is shown as disposed substantially at right angles to the surface of the leg 2l whereby said tongue 23 may pierce a garment without being deflected thereby.

'I'he leg 22 is shown as provided at the outer end thereof, and opposite to the said tongue 23, with a curved shell-shaped shield 25 which is integral with said leg 22 and extends from the latter with the convex surface thereof towards the said leg 2| with the said tongue 23 thereon.

The shield 25 has therein an opening 26 to 50 fit said tongue 23, vwhereby a tight joint may be produced therebetween and encompassing the latter a depression 21, which serves to direct the end of said tongue 23 into the said opening 26 when said end happens to be brought into contact with some point of the shield 25 outside of said opening 26.

A garment 3|) is shown as engaged by said tongue 23, which is then made to pass through the said opening 26 when the two legs of the fastener are pressed towards each other, and the end of the tongue 23 is then bent into the housing or recess which is contained in the concave side of the shield 25, where it is hidden by the walls of the said shield 25 and kept out. of reach of garments and the hands of operators, whereby the latter are protected from injury by said point.

increasingl the resistance to separation' of the garment 30 from the fastener 'and the opening of the legs 2| and 22 of the fastener.

In the modification of my tag fastener, lwhich is shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the combined piero-- ing and locking tongue 33 is slitted from the leg 3|, leaving therein a slot 34, and is disposed substantially at right angles tothe leg 3| whereby said tongue 33 may pierce a garment without being deflected thereby.

The leg 32 of the fastener has thereon a housing shield 35-36 and a deector-shield 31-38, which is disposed with the shell 31 thereof eX- tending outwardly or away from the leg 3| and with the passage 38 therein opening inwardly or towards the leg 3|; the housing shield 3 5--36 has the shell 35 thereof extending inwardly or towards the leg 3|, and the housing 36 opening outwardly or away from the leg 3|. Y

The housing shield 35-36 is positioned at the end of the leg 32 which is remote from its `junction with the leg 3|; and the defiector shield 3'|-38 is positioned at the end of the shield 35-36 which is nearer to the said junction of the legs 3| and 32.

When the fastener is closed, the end ofthe tongue 33 is deflected by the shield 31-38 into the plane of the leg 32 and in a directionaway from the said junction and is made to lodge in the housing 36 of the shield 35-36, which lionsing is also in the plane of the leg 32. Any pulling stress or force exerted on the tongue- 33 by a garment 30 will tend to tighten the-tongue 3,3.- in said shield 35-36 and will not loosen or detach it from the latter. f

The part of the tongue 33 which engages a garment and is retained between theleg 3| and the leg 32 may be very short and therefore, strong under bending strains.

The sides of the shield 35 serve to-protectother garments and the hands of the operators from injury.

In the form of my tag fastener which is shown in Fig. 7, the combined piercing and locking tongue 43 is slitted from the leg 4|, leaving therein a slot 44, and is disposed substantially at right angles to the leg 4| whereby said tongue 43 may pierce a garment without being deflected thereby. l

The leg 42 has thereon a housing shield 45-46, a defiector shield 41-48 and a locking bar 49.

When the fastener is closed the end of the tongue 43 is first deflected by the concave side 41 of the shield `4'|--4|3, whereby it is bent or curled into a curved sickle-shaped bar, the end of which contacts with the side 46 ofthe shield 45-46 and is then still further ldefiected to the side of the bar 49 which is opposite the leg 4|,

`vention may be used without other parts.

I do not, therefore, restrict myself to theb de- ',tailsas 'shown in the drawings.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1 l. A tag fastener made of sheet metal and having thereon a pair of legs and a tag attached to one of said legs on the side of the latter which is opposite the other leg, a means on said'fastenerv for attaching a garment thereto, a locking tongue on one of said legs and an openingin the,l

opposite leg for said tongue to pass therethrough and thro-ugh said tag to secure said legs to each other with said tag held therebetween 'during the operation of attaching a garment to said fastener, thereby making said attachment more reliable and thereby holding said tag more securely in place on said fastener.

2. A tag fastener made of sheet metal and having thereon a pair of legs, a means on said fastener for attaching a garment thereto, an eyelet rivet` and a tag secured thereby to one of said legs, a locking tongue on the other leg, said eyelet rivet having thereinan opening, for said locking tongue to pass therethrough and through said tag to secure said legs to each other during the operation of attaching a garment to said fastener, whereby said attachment is made more reliable and thereby holding said tag more securely in place on said fastener.

3. A tag fastener made of sheet-.metal and having thereon a pair of legs,` and a tag secured to o ne of said legs, a combined piercing and locking tongue, for engaging a garment thereby, slitted from the metal of one of said legs, and a curved shield on the other of said legs, said shield havingthe convex side thereof extending towards the first mentioned leg, said shield having therein an opening to fit said tongue, for connecting the end of said tongueto said shield, thereby locking the said legs to each other and thereby housing the end of said tongue, to prevent injury thereby to goods or persons, and said shield having therein a reentrant depression encompassing said opening, to guide the end of said tongue thereinto, the said position of the shield leaving a relatively short part of said tongue unhoused, thereby enhancing the strength of the connection of said fastener to said garment.

4. A tag fastener made of sheet metal and having thereon a pair of legs joined to each other at one end thereof and a tag secured to one of said legs, a combined piercing and locking tongue for engaging a garment slitted from the metal of one of said legs, a housing shield and a deflector on the other of said legs, said housing shield being positioned at the end of said other leg which is remote from the junction of said legs and the deflector shield being positioned at the end of the housing shield which is nearer to the said junction and opposite the end of said tongue, whereby when the fastener is closed the end of said tongue is to be deflected by the said deflector into the said housing shield and in the opposite direction from said junction, thereby increasing the resistance of said fastener to being forced open by a pull on said garment.

5. A tag fastener made of sheet metal and having thereon a pair of legs and a tag secured to one of said legs, a combined piercing and locking tongue for engaging a garment slitted from the metal of one of said legs, an inwardly extending and outwardly concave shield on the other leg, a locking bar on said other leg in the plane thereof and an outwardly extending and inwardly concave deector on the said other leg, positioned opposite the end of said tongue, said deector, said shield and said bar being so disposed with relation to each other, whereby when the fastener is closed said tongue is to be deected and 5 the end thereof curved and inwardly deected by said deiiector and directed into contact with the concave side of said shield, to be further deflected by the latter and directed into a space therebetween and said bar, thereby locking said tongue 1o to said other leg.

SAMUEL WEISS. 

